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Thanks feature not a bug person. You always say this. The thing to talk about is, how's it working? It's not. There is a middle ground which needs to be achieved because the current charter laws are not enough. [/quote]

I agree. There is definitely a middle ground because the Shining Stars board ousted its founding ED when they found things to be dysfunctional. So the middle ground starts with any charter school's board.

The people currently on the SSMA board clearly don't take their responsibilities seriously enough. They don't know the circumstances of the previous principal's departure. They didn't know she was gone until after it had happened. They had no sucession plan in place when she left. They still have none for either the principal or the ED. They don't know that the Director of Compliance was never re-assigned after the nap incidents mentioned on this board. They don't know that SSMA didn't pay its healthcare bills and employees were almost forced to pay out of pocket. They don't know that a mass exodus of staff is currently underway. They are clueless. And that's because they take the ED's word on everything without following up, investigating independently, and coming to their own conclusions. The ED probably wrote their email responses. After all, think about who could have come up with the grievance process the board outlined in their last email.

Maybe they are on the board just to pad their resumes.

If SSMA's board had conducted thorough and confidential interviews with SSMA staff, they would see a troubling picture of the school. And we wouldn't where we are now. The community association did a lot of hard work in getting feedback. NINETY responses from parents. And they got slapped in the face, threatened with decertification. All you have to do is see all the stuff coming out on DC Urban Moms to know something is seriously wrong at Shining Stars. The SSMA board is supposed to be the governing body that sets the strategic direction of the school. The ED is supposed to be the operational manager. The fact that the ED is lording over the situation with no checks on her power is all because the board is asleep at the wheel. All the parent board members have to do is ask their own guides and other parents for more information. How hard is that?[/quote]

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